You Know Who Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Favorite 1980- The Empire Strikes Back 1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982- Fanny and Alexander 1983- Return of the Jedi 1984- Amadeus 1985- Ran 1986- Blue Velvet 1987- The Living Daylights 1988- The Land Before Time 1989- Henry V Best 1980- The Empire Strikes Back 1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982- Fanny and Alexander 1983- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1984- Amadeus 1985- Ran 1986- Blue Velvet 1987- The Princess Bride 1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 1989- Henry V Calm down, Des. My pick for 1981 is not that ringing an endorsement; I just haven't seen any better films from that year so far. Empire, Ran, and Henry V are all in very close battle for best of the decade. Not incidentally, these films feature my all-time favorite screen villain, villainess, and hero, respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 1980- The Shining 1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982- Blade Runner 1983- Return of the Jedi 1984- Amadeus 1985- The Breakfast Club 1986- Stand by Me 1987- Raising Arizona 1988- Akira 1989- The Little Mermaid Favorite of the Decade is probably The Shining followed closely by Stand by Me and Raising Arizona. I don't love Raiders, Akira, or Little Mermaid, those years didn't have a lot of winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 The 80s. I was dreading this decade because so many years are going to be so difficult. Favorite 1980- The Empire Strikes Back 1981- Raiders of the Lost Arc 1982- Blade Runner 1983- A Christmas Story 1984- Ghostbusters/A Nightmare on Elm St. 1985- Clue 1986- Big Trouble in Little China 1987- Robocop 1988- Beetlejuice 1989- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation/Heathers Best 1980- Raging Bull 1981- On Golden Pond 1982- Blade Runner 1983- Something Wicked This Way Comes 1984- Amadeus 1985- Brazil 1986- Hannah and Her Sisters 1987- Moonstruck 1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 1989- Cinema Paradiso 1985 had a ton of good movies, both in terms of quality and what I enjoy. The Color Purple, Brazil, Clue, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, Ran, others that I am forgetting for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Favorites 1980 - The Elephant Man 1981 - Mephisto 1982 - The Thing 1983 - L'Argent 1984 - Amadeus 1985 - Brazil 1986 - Blue Velvet 1987 - Au Revoir Les Enfants 1988 - They Live 1989 - Tetsuo, the Iron Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Best: 1980-The Shining 1981-Blow Out 1982-Blade Runner 1983-Videodrome 1984-A Nightmare on Elm Street 1985-Brazil 1986-Blue Velvet 1987-Robocop 1988-The Vanishing (Spoorloos) 1989-Parenthood Favorite: 1980-Caddyshack 1981-Escape from New York 1982-Conan The Barbarian 1983-Videodrome 1984-Repo Man 1985-Pale Rider 1986-Big Trouble in Little China 1987-Hellraiser 1988-The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years 1989-Kickboxer/Leviathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Calm down, Des. My pick for 1981 is not that ringing an endorsement; I just haven't seen any better films from that year so far. I don't attack people because they have opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 We're doing 70s next, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) I am dreading (sorry) the 70s because that is sadly one of my black spots of Cinema history. I'm good with the 60s and the 50s actually has two of my favorite movies of all time IN THE SAME YEAR but yeah, the 70s. So many years of, "Oh crap, I've only see weird movies starring William Shatner as a Cowboy and his native American Twin!" Also, a google search tells Drunk Will that White Comanche was 1968. Edited September 22, 2013 by dc20willsave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I realised how crappy my 70's knowledge was years ago when I read Peter Biskind's Easy Riders Raging Bulls. Definitely gave me big chunk of extra stuff on my To Watch list, and brought me up to speed on what is probably the greatest artistic period in cinematic history. I'm far from seeing everything I should but my knowledge is so much better now. Anyway, back to the 80's. Best: 1980-Raging Bull 1981-Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982-Blade Runner 1983-King of Comedy 1984-Naussica of the Valley of the Wind 1985-Brazil 1986-Laputa: Castle in the Sky 1987-Robocop 1988- Die Hard (hon mention Grave of the Fireflies) 1989-The Little Mermaid Favourite: 1980-Airplane 1981-Raiders of the Lost Ark 1982-Wrath of Khan (hon mention to First Blood) 1983- Local Hero 1984-The Terminator 1985-Back to the Future (hon mention to Rocky IV & Day of the Dead) 1986-Transformers: The Movie (hon mention Aliens) 1987-Predator 1988-Die Hard 1989-Back to the Future II (hon mention Licence to Kill) Slightly hilarious even to me that I still rate Transformers over Aliens but man, that film still has the best soundtrack of any movie in the 80's, and that's a stacked category. Plus I can still quote the entire thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 We're doing 70s next, right? Yup. Intend to keep going until we've done the 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ew gross! You just gave Chris a boner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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